Choice "fall trees" Haiku Thread October 31, 2010 ~ Editor, Karina Klesko, US

 

 

"Listening to Vivaldi..."   Thirty-nine Sketchbook Haiku Poets from fifteen countries composed one hundred and seventy-one haiku to celebrate the season represented in the "fall trees" Haiku Thread. FIRST CHOICE TIE job hunting... a yellow leaf drifts from branch to branch # 01. Chen-ou Liu, CA teach me leaf, how to curl restless thought autumn wind 26. Janice Thomson, CA   SECOND CHOICE TIE   ups-a-daisy shoulders high the child picks the brightest leaf # 136. Karin Anderson, AU   empty playground a sandbox full of fallen leaves # 133. Jacek Margolak   THIRD CHOICE TIE   city park the pointeur picks up a copper beech leaf # 74. Ralf Bröker, DE   oak leaves their crunch more vivid than their color # 65. Diane Mayr, US   a chill seeps into the gingko leaves— she folds the day bed # 10. Alegria Imperial, CA The chill in the gingko leaves juxtaposed with the folding of the day is a very nice contrast. ~     ~     ~ All of these haiku are very nice. I like the variety of trees and learned about some I had not heard about. Perhaps I have seen them. The name liquidambar leaves sounds so beautiful and rolls off the tongue like water. liquidambar leaves pile, too many hues star blinking the sun # 130. Karin Anderson, AU Of course we cannot pass up a 'sketch book" poem: roosting crow so stark in the maple tree— autumn sketch book # 44. Alegria Imperial, CA It appears we can look forward to Bernard Gieske, Heike Gewi, and Cezar-Florian  for some lively Senryu: falling leaves back to bare essentials Victoria's secret # 81. Bernard Gieske, US   one mulberry leaf falls in my lap— my husband aroused # 17. Heike Gewi, DE   maple leaves— finally my mother decides to dye his hair # 147. Cezar-Florian Ciobîcă, RO   John Daleiden's was one of many picturesque haiku: a stand of aspen shedding golden leaves— harvest moon # 169. John Daleiden, US   late summer storm— a basket of walnuts scattered under the tree # 11. Marija Pogorilic, CR   teach me leaf, how to curl restless thought autumn wind 26. Janice Thomson, CA This is a wonderful haiku!   turning one twig at a time— entries for memorials # 28. Alegria Imperial, CA   from fuschia to gold— the same azalea # 32. Alegria Imperial, CA   shedding leaves a hundredth time— the chestnut grove # 36. Alegria Imperial, CA   Falling autumn leaves nature’s recycling program renewal — not death # 45. Ignatius Fay, CA   roosting crow so stark in the maple tree— autumn sketch book # 44. Alegria Imperial, CA   crimson maples chinook salmon find their way home # 55. Cara Holman, US   a fragrant acacia blossoming with loneliness— beware the thorns # 59. Marija Pogorilic, CR   oak leaves their crunch more vivid than their color # 65. Diane Mayr, US   gradually they vacate the tree— maple leaves # 71. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN   maple trees midway through autumn a softer red # 67. Diane Mayr, US   *Altweibersommer— the old man asks for work # 72. Ralf Bröker, DE *Indian Summer   listening to Vivaldi the painter mixes red and brown # 76. Ralf Bröker, DE   Fallen leaves perish Within the earth’s gratitude Towards the huge tree!! # 84. Munia Khan, BD I like the third idea presented here. We all see the beauty and the decay and fall, but the earth is joyful and revived.   dark days maple leaves - the driveway brightens with color # 89. Bernard Gieske, US   mother's song by candlelight autumn oak # 88. Claire Everett, UK   Grasp one golden leaf Kiss your hand in joy of life Celebrate Autumn # 99. Munia Khan, BD This is nice; the idea of a Celebration of the cycle of life.   final movement the dead leaves on the pond # 102. Bouwe Brouwer, NL   autumn wind the post truck disappears into the fog # 110. Bouwe Brouwer, NL   A maple leaf in the autumn breeze— late love letter # 114. Vasile Moldovan, RO   Chestnut Street— the moon looks everywhere for a squirrel # 122. Vasile Moldovan, RO **although this verse contains personification, I love the wabi or sadness, absence that this poem creates, very interesting view from the Moon.   Contrapoint— the light of a cornel tree in the fir forest # 124. Vasile Moldovan, RO   fall trees— visible on the top a crow's nest # 128. Sunil Uniyal, IN   wind and rain on every pane a fallen leaf # 129. Jacek Margolak, PL   maple tree— preparing the dusk all day long # 149. Cezar-Florian Ciobîcă, RO   Drops of rain over the sere leaves… uncertain steps # 137. Magdalena Dale, RO   red-letter day— only the wind sweeping the fallen leaves # 151. Cezar-Florian Ciobîcă, RO   set free from a month of house arrest— a red leaf among the dead # 163. Sasa Vazic, SR   the roadrunner rests in mesquite shadows a coiled snake # 167. John Daleiden, US   Thank you for participating. the old cemetery mounds of colorful leaves flutter about Karina Klesko, US